Just wondering what you had for your evening meal. I am sharing a photo of my meal, which was some Cajun Chicken and a Vegetable Risotto (with Butternut squash, sweet potato, aubergine, onions, mushrooms and green pepper) and it was very tasty.

I went out for lunch today and i had a chicken burger with lots of salad and a very small portion of chips. I ate my chips but only ate half of my burger. I think my stomach has shrunk as i can't eat all of my meals anymore like i used to. Suppose the chips weren't really the healthiest option, but i haven't had them for soooo long!

That looks delicious Zest. I had a good meal today, I had home made burgers , i had organic mince and i chopped up the onion and garlic in my food processor and i had potates and aparagus spears which i roasted in the oven brushed with olive oil with crushed garlic and a pinch of chilli. I thorougly enjoyed it. love grace xoxo

Glad to hear you enjoyed your meal today - wow - home-made burgers -they sound great! At least you knew exactly what went into them, and they were delicious and full of nice things. I think the seasoning with crushed garlic and a pinch of chilli would really make them extra tasty.

Your meal sounds delicious, I'm just having boring fish pie but I had some cajun chicken and salad during the week. Your advice on the cajun chicken was brilliant, I've had it a few times but I will need to try it with other meals.

Hi zest I love fish pie but this one wasn't home made, it was a young's fish pie although I must admit I like them as well. I had cod and vegetables during the week as well. I'm trying to introduce small amounts of veg after a flare up and it's been working out well. I weighed myself today and I had gone down to 12 St 7 lb 4 ozs but you know what it's like it changes daily, it was still good to see. We had the rain today and I didn't have a walk but did 20 mins on the bike. I hope you have another nice walk tomorrow

Glad to hear you're managing to tolerate some small amounts of veg and that it's working out well for you.

Congratulations on losing a bit more weight as well - that's great! Your 20 mins on the bike is great - you didn't let that rain put you off doing your exercise. Hopefully it will be sunny today so you can enjoy some warmth

I'm looking forward to a long walk today - which I will need as I'm having a Sunday lunch out - three courses!!! I hope I choose well.

I'm having vegan borshch - there were some lovely looking organic beetroots in the supermarket so wanted to make something from them, added red cabbage, onions, carrots, potatoes, tomatos and kidney beans.

Thank you - I got 'a recipe' from the box that the Risotto came in - but I adapted it to suit the ingredients I had to hand, so for my own version, it was as follows:

For 2 people:

Ingredients:

120g risotto rice (I used 'Spanish Paella Rice' from the Coop)

1 large white onion, chopped

1 chicken stock (or veg stock if you prefer that)

1 green pepper

100g butternut squash, chopped into cubes

2 small sweet potatoes, chopped into cubes

Third of a large aubergine, chopped into cubes

Mushrooms, cut up.

1 tablespoon of olive oil/good glug of it

Method:

I heated the olive oil and fried the onions for approx 4 to 5 mins. You could add garlic here if you would like, but I didn't have any.

I then added the chopped green pepper and the rice to the pan and stirred through for approx 1 minute.

Meanwhile, I made 500ml chicken stock using the stock and boiling water, and then added this to the pan, brought to the boil, and simmered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, I was roasting my chicken in the oven and also roasting my vegetables (the butternut squash, sweet potatoes, aubergine and mushrooms). If you preferred you could add those veg to the risotto pan instead, but I like to roast veggies for the flavour.

After the risotto had cooked for 15 minutes, I added some more hot water, to prevent it drying out and cooked for a remaining 10 minutes or so, and I got the roasted veggies out of the oven and stirred them into the risotto at this point - so they finished off cooking on the hob.

(The recipe on the box mentioned adding chicken and chorizo for flavour - but I just had my Cajun chicken which I'd cooked separately - and you can see that on the photo).

I hope you enjoy it, when you try a risotto - I really do love them. Adding some parmesan cheese towards the end to stir through can make it really creamy and delicious, but I didn't have any cheese, so just had it with the veggies.